All Commissioning articles – Page 558
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Nesbitt in sectarian dramas
James Nesbitt is to star in Five Minutes of Heaven, a one-off drama for BBC drama Northern Ireland about the murder of a Catholic teenager in Belfast in 1975.
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Cornish town to get an extreme makeover
UKTV Style will follow Extreme Makeover host Ty Pennington as he sets out to transform a rundown Cornish coastal town.
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NewsAlistair Cooke at centre of BBC4 season on travel
BBC4 has lined up a summer season on the expansion of travel in the 20th century, as seen through the lives and writing of figures such as Alistair Cooke and Laurie Lee.
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Lone Star hails the cab for third transport film
The indie behind Arena documentaries Underground and Little Platform, Big Stage is to complete its trilogy of films on London transport with a glimpse into the lives of taxi drivers.
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NewsCBBC orders 'deadly' wildlife show
CBBC is to focus on the world's most deadly animals, in what is billed as its most ambitious presenter-led natural history series to date.
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NewsC4 orders more Vodafone gigs
Bands including Gnarls Barkley, the Sugababes and the Feeling are to appear in the third series of Vodafone TBA concerts to be broadcast on Channel 4.
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NewsFive mulls new 10pm strand on unusual sex
Five is to broadcast two films about unusual sexual practices that it plans to turn into a 10pm Hidden Lives-style strand called Strangelove.
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The Big Pitch kicks off
Applications have opened for British feature-length documentary pitches for this year's Britdoc event.
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Virgin 1 plans ‘rude season' this autumn
Virgin 1 is to return its gaze to private parts this autumn with a selection of programmes it has grouped into a “rude season”.
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NewsHammond to investigate mega-structures
Top Gear star Richard Hammond is to examine the stories behind some of the world's most ambitious structures in a new series for National Geographic US and NGI.
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NewsEcosse Films unveils Irish kitchen drama
Mistresses star Shelley Conn is to swap the bedroom for the kitchen for Ecosse Films' latest drama, which will be made for Irish broadcaster RTE.
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BBC2 doc to track the impact of divorce
BBC2 has commissioned a landmark documentary series that will trace the long-term impact of divorce by following three cases that have gone through the Family Courts.
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FeaturesITV4 re-loads for next assault
Once languishing behind ITV lines, ITV4 has been ordered to advance, with a 24-hour slot and more cash to expand its brand of male-friendly thrills, write Liz Thomas and Jon Rogers.
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NewsShowtime orders more Ullman
US network Showtime has commissioned seven new episodes of Tracey Ullman show State of the Union from Allan McKeown Presents Inc.
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NewsNew BBC sitcom for Meera Syal
BBC2 has greenlit Meera Syal's first comedy project since The Kumars at No 42.
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NewsBBC to track history of Westerns
Open Mike Productions has been commissioned by the BBC to create a one off documentary charting the rise and fall of the Western, to be fronted by comedian Rich Hall.
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NewsRadio 4 plots Bond season
BBC Radio 4 will mark the 100th anniversary of James Bond creator Ian Fleming with a Bond season, including the first full-length radio adaptation of Dr No.
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NewsBBC lines up teen mums doc
The BBC is to visit a school for teenage mums and another for Britain's most disturbed children in two films from Films of Record.
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NewsITV3 plan crime drama awards
ITV3 is lining up a season of classic crime drama and original documentaries in the run up to its first televised Crime Thriller Awards.
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NewsBritdoc invites pitches
Applications have opened for British feature-length documentary pitches for this year's Britdoc event.